Daikaiju Enterprises

Issue #45

May/June, 2000

Reviewer:    C. L. Werner

Articles include:

• News - More details given for G-FEST 2000. Hollywood declares the week G-Fest is being held to be 'Godzilla Week'. Model sculptor Yuji Sakai will attend G-Fest 2000. AFFE will be held June 30th in New York. Centropolis is officially excised from Sony after they reject the proposed budget for a GINO 2. Noriakai Yuasa gives a lecture at a Japanese sci-fi convention. A Tokyo department store hosts a Godzilla exhibit, including many monster suits and props.

• Godzilla vs Megagilas - by August Ragone - News about Toho's new, in-production, Godzilla film, as well as some looks at concept art and early story treatment.

• G-Fan Profile: Eiji Tsuburaya - Giants of the Kaiju Genre - by August Ragone - An indepth look into the life and career of Toho special effects master Eiji Tsuburaya, including his creation of Ultraman on the small screen.

• Godzilla Attacks Tobu World Square! - by Mark Obert - Pictures from a live 'Godzilla Performance Show' staged at Tobu World Square in Kosagoe, Japan. The event featured Godzilla battling tanks and helicopters surrounded by numerous miniature buildings, with real explosions highlighting the action.

• Awesome Artifacts - A selection of very rare Godzilla items, such as the remains of old suits and early concept artwork for some of the monsters from the Heisei series.

• Godzilla's Greatest Rampages - by Ken Bockelmann - Godzilla's 13 most impressive scenes in his entire career up to Godzilla 2000.

• The Deadly Dozen - Trivia questions - and their answers - from G-Fan's website.

• The Legend of the Dinosaurs - by Teddy Johnson - A look back at Toei's 1978 monster film Legend of the Dinosaurs, which featured a killer plesiosaur and a pterodactyl.

• The Mystery of Baragon - by Andre Dubois - Evidence that the Baragon employed in Destroy All Monsters was indeed a new suit and not stock footage from Frankenstein Conquers the World.

• Godzilla vs Megalon: an appreciation - by David McRobie - An old-time fan defends an oft slighted Godzilla film, and also recalls his childhood experiences with the film.

• King Kong vs Godzilla in LA - by Armand Vaquer - The writer reminisces about seeing King Kong vs Godzilla during its initial release back in 1963 at the Balboa Theatre in LA.

• A Kaiju by Any Other Name - by Jolyon Yates - A look at the meanings and origins of various Toho kaiju names, as well as their numerous variants and Americanized translations.

• Godzilla Movie Titles (Revised) - An updated listing of Japanese vs American vs home video titles for the Godzilla series.

• The Go-Cart - by Stan G Hyde - A look back at the old Aurora 'Godzilla's Go-cart' plastic model kit, now reissued by Polar Lights as simply 'The Go Cart' for legal reasons.

• The Journal of Dr Rex Summeral - Shadows of Threats Past (Part 2 of 3) - by Skip Peel - The threat of the Nebulans and their recreated Oxygen Destroyer continues to stun the world.

• Battles of Godzilla - Godzilla battles King Ghidorah while the US military watches on.

• Music in the Key of G - More reviews of Japanese soundtrack CDs and translations of their tracks. This time, 'Mothra', 'Gamera Guardian of the Universe', 'Three Giant Monsters', 'The Great Monster War', and 'Big Duel in the South Seas'.